Another academic year is now with us. 2007 is the Chinese Year of the Pig and I am reliably informed that pig people love to read and are generally thirsty for knowledge. Sounds exactly like the type of student that comes to study science at UWA so our 2007 intake should be an exceptionally good one. The 2006 students performed very well, fifty seven undergraduates and thirty four honours students had academic achievements high enough to warrant a Dean’s Letter of Congratulation. Some of our high flying students in the Advanced Science program are showing their abilities to overseas universities (Queen’s University, Canada; Oxford University, England; Sheffield University, England and Kobe University, Japan).

Some may consider that spending your day conducting cutting-edge research in plant energy biology is quite an exhausting task. Staff from The Centre of Excellence Plant Energy Biology have realised, that they have extra energy to burn in the name of team spirit!

On Sunday March 11th there will be a new force to reckon with, as Plant Energy Biology's Team Green Machine hits the corporate triathlon scene at the annual BRW/BP Ultimate Corporate Triathlon at Langley Park.

Dr Michelle Elenore Grassi
Senior Environmental Scientist, Environmental Resources
Management Australia Pty Ltd (ERM)
PhD (Environmental/Analytical Chemistry) 2005; BSc (First-Class Hons, Chemistry) 2001

On 10th March the next intake of students to our science programmes offered by PSB Academy in Singapore will commence their studies. There are currently over 350 students in our programmes in Singapore. As a result of their expanding operations, TÜV SÜD PSB Corporation Pte Ltd are building a new campus at Jalan Bukit Ho Swee (Delta Campus) which will complement the premises already at Jalan Bukit Merah (Henderson Campus).